Washington State
Nutrition & Physical Activity Plan
Advisory Group
The Nutrition & Physical Activity Plan is one outcome of a year of strategic planning by the Nutrition & Physical Activity Advisory Group. The 36-person group includes officials from state and local agencies, and representatives from advocacy organizations from across the state. The group brings together expertise from education, transportation, planning, nutrition, physical activity, agriculture, parks and recreation, economic development and health care.
Prepared by:
Bryan Bowden, MS
National Park Service
Sue Butkis, PhD, RD
Washington State University
Charlotte Claybrooke, MS
Washington State Department of Health
Cheza Collier, PhD, MPH, MSW
Public Health -- Seattle & King County
Liz McNett Crowl, BA
Northwest Physical Activity Coalition
Barbara Culp, BA
Bicycle Alliance of Washington
Shelley Curtis, MPH, RD
Children’s Alliance
Adam Drewnowski, PhD
University of Washington
Amira El-Bastawissi, MBCHB, PhD
Washington State Department of Health
Elaine M. Engle, MS
Spokake Regional Health District
Becky Fitterer
Washington State Department of Health
Mary Frost
Washington State Department of Health
Ted Gage, PhD, AICP
Office of Community Development
Dorothy Gist
Washington State Department of Health
Chris Hawkins, BA
Climate Solutions
Donna Johnson, PhD, RD
University of Washington
Jim Litch, MD, LM
Washington State Department of Health
Patricia Manuele, MPH, MS, RD
Public Health -- Seattle & King County
Eustacia Mahoney
American Cancer Society
Julie Mercer Matlick, BA
Washington State Department of Transportation
Jan Norman, RD, CDE
Washington State Department of Health
Donna Oberg, MPH, RD, CD
Public Health -- Seattle & King County
Deborah Ocken, MS, RD
Washington State Department of Health
Eileen Paul, RD, CD, CDE
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound
Mary Podrabsky, RD
Senior Services of Seattle/King County
Wendy Repovich, PHD, FACSM
Eastern Washington University
Jennifer Sabel, PHD, RD
Washington State Department of Health
Anne Schwartz, MD, CD
Spokane Regional Health District
Linda Schwartz, BA, MBA
Bicycle Alliance of Washington
Caroline McNaughton Tittel, MPH, RD
University of Washington
Pamela Tollefsen, RN, MEd
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Kyle Unland, MS, RD, CD
Washington State Department of Health
Juliet Van Eenwyk, PhD
Washington State Department of Health
Bob Weathers, EdD
Seattle Pacific University
Lincoln Weaver, MPA
Washington State Department of Health
Leslie Zenz, BA
Washington State Department of Agriculture
